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Order of Washington 




ORGANIZED, 1895 
CHARTERED. JUNE II, 1908 



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'T a meeting held at the residence of Commander 
Charles C. Rogers, U. S. N., on the 13th of May, 
1908, it was resolved that an order of patriotism 
and chi^•alry be formed to be called The Order 
of Washington, named for the illustrious General George 
Washington. The following gentlemen were present at 
this meeting: 

Commander C. C. Rogers. U. S. N. 

General Marcus J. Wright. 

Dr. J. G. B. Bulloch. 

Mr. Ethelbert Fairfax. 

Mr. Cuthbert B. Brown. 

Mr. Howard P. Wright. 



Whereas, It should be the duty of all those of illustrious 
lineage to preserxe intact the history and traditions relating 
to the foundation of their country, and to endeavor to pro- 
mote ])eace, happiness, and the general welfare of man- 
kind, therefore, we, the founders of this (_)rdcr, should use 
our influence to see that our institutions are kept intact and 
free from pernicious influences and that freedom and lil)- 
erty be promoted : Therefore, we whose names are sub- 
joined do now institute an order of ]iatriotism and chivalry 
to be known as The Order of \\'ashington. 



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ARTICLE I. 

Name. 

This organization shall be known as The Order of 
Washington, and is named for General George \\^ashing- 
lon. The members shall be known as Conijjanions. 

ARTICLE II. 

Location. 

11ie Head(|uarters of the Order shall be at W'asliington, 
D. C., or wherever the Chancellor shall reside. 

ARTICLb: 111. 

Place of Meeting. 

There shall be no set place or time of meeting except on 
the twenty-second of February. The Commander of the 
Order may call a meeting \\hcne\er it appears to be 
neccssarw 

ARTICLI-: l\'. 

Object. 

The object of the Order is similar to the Orders of 
Chivalry, instituted in lun'opc, and also like all patriotic 
orders, is instituted to promote the grcnvth of a spirit 
of patriotism, and to cultivate the study of history, and to 
preserve family records and other documents relating to 
the rise of the Re])ul)lic, to stimulate a national pride, and to 
preserve the integrity, honor, and Christian manhood of 
our members. 



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ARTICLE V. 

Qualifications. 

In order to become a member of this Order the ancestor 
must have arrived in America prior to 1750, have been a 
landowner or a founder of a town, and have held some 
official, military (naval) or ministerial position in Colonial 
days, and also had a descendant who assisted the Colonies in 
attaining their independence. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Officers. 

The officers of The Order of Washington shall be the 
following : 

Commander, Keeper of the Seal, 

Vice-Commander, Marshal, 

2d Vice-Commander, Surgeon-General. 

3d Vice-Commander, Herald, 

4th Vice-Commander, Chaplain, 

Chancellor and Historian, Judge Advocate-General, 

Treasurer-General, Master of Ceremonies, 

Secretary-General, Standard Bearer. 

Registrar-General. 

ARTICLE VTI. 

Council. 

There shall be a Supreme Council, composed of the cx- 
oificio members of the Order, which shall constitute the 
legislati\-e body of the Order and who shall be empowered 
to make and revise all laws governing the Order and create 
new officers as may be deemed necessary, three of whom 
shall be a quorum. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Duties. 

The duties of the officers of the Order shall be those 
usually performed by such officers. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Chancellor and Historian. 

The Chancellor and Historian shall, with the concurrence 
of any member, admit any gentleman having the requisite 
qualifications and shall issue a Certificate of Membership, 



ARTICLE X. 
Membership. 
Membersliip shall be by invitation only. The Order shall 
be hereditar}-. ATale descendants of the Companions Ije- 
come members n])i)n attainini;- their majoritv . 

ARTICLE XI. 
Meeting. 
The Commander, X'ice-Commander. or in the absence of 
these officers, the Chancellor, shall call a meeting whenever 
it is considered necessary. 

ARTICLE XII. 
Dues. 

The only fee recjuired is $5 for initiation and life mem- 
bersliip unless othcr^\■ise ordered 1)_\' tlic Council. 

ARTICLE XIII. 
Special Duties of Officers. 
Commander or Vice-Commander shall appoint all 



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created bv the Council of the Order. 

Ihere shall be appointed in 
eacli State a Deputy Vice-Com- 
mander, who may form local 
chapters in each State, and who 
sliall l)e the chief officer of the 
.Slate in wln'ch he ma}' reside. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

Amendments. 

Any amendment desired may 

be proposed by a member of 

Council and acted u])on by a 

majority of those present. 

ARTICLE XV. 
Insignia. 
The insignia shall consist of 
an o\-al-shaped medal on which 
is the likeness of the liead of 
W^ashington and on the reverse 
side the words "Order of Wash- 
ington." The medal shall be sus- 
pended by a red, white and blue 
ribbon, held in place by a pin. 




ARTICLE XVI. 
Seal. 

Anjis. — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, argent, two bars gules, in 
chief three mullets of the second ; 2d, azure, a ship 
argent; 3d, gules, two swords in saltire or. 

Ot^^. — Out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle, wings addorsed, 
sable. 

Supporters. — Two stags, proper, armed or. 

Motto. — Verite sans peur (truth without fear). 

Derivation. — The 1st and 4th cjuarters are composed of the 
arms of Washington, aiid the crest is also the 
crest of that family ; the ship refers to the coming 
over the ocean of the ancestors from whom eligi- 
Ijilitv is derived, and the crossed swords indicate 
their having taken part in the War of the Revo- 
lution. The symbolism of the various tinctures 
and charges is as follows: Argent, Peace and 
sincerity ; azure, loyalty and truth ; gules, forti- 
tude; sable, constancy; or, generosity; the mullet, 
eminence; the sword, the eagle, a man of action 
and of lofty spirit; the stag, valor- peace and 
harmony. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

Rosette. 

Shall be of white silk with a buff star in center. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

Standard. 

The Standard, or Flag, shall be the arms of Washington, 
with appropriate colors, mounted on a staff having an eagle 
displayed on top of same. 



CEl)art?r 



We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, a 
majority being citizens of the District of Columbia, de- 
siring to associate ourselves for historical and genealogical 
purposes, pursuant to the provisions of sub-chapter 3, of 



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chapter 18, of the Code of Law for the District of Cohim- 
bia, do certify as follows: 

First: The name of the society shall l)e known in law as 
"The Order of Washington." 

Second: The term for which it is organized shall be 
perpetual. 

Third: The particular business and objects of the so- 
ciety shall be for historical and genealogical purposes. 

Fourth : The number of its trustees, directors, or man- 
agers for the hrst year of its existence shall be five. 

Tn witness whereof, we have this 11th day of June. 1908, 
hereunto set our hands. 

J. G. B. Bulloch, M. D. 
Charles H. Bowker, M. D. 
Francis J. Woodman, M. D. 

Dlstrict of Columbia, ss : 

T hereby certify that J. G. B. Bulloch. Charles H. Bowker 
and Francis J. Woodman, all personally known to me as the 
persons who signed the foregoing and annexed certificate of 
incorporation, personally appeared before me on this 11th 
day of June, A. D. 1908. and each acknowledged the same 
to be his act and deed. 

Witness mv hand and seal this 11th dav of June. A. D. 
1908. 

Geo. R. Marble. 
[Notarial Seal.] Notary Public. 

Office of the Recorder of Deeds, 
District of Columbia. 

This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and verified 
copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of "The Order 
of Washington." and of tlie whole of said Certificate of In- 
corporation, as filed in this ofiice the 16th day of June, 1908. 

In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed the seal of this office this 16t]i dav of June. 
A. D. 1908. 

R. W. DUTTON. 

[Seal.] Deputy Recorder of Deeds. D. C. 



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Commander 
Captain Charles C. Rogers, U. S. N. 

Vice-Commander 
General Marcus J. Wright, Washington, D. C. 

2d Vice-Commander 
Ethelbert Fairfax, Washington, D. C. 

3d Vice-Commander 
Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton, U. S. N. 

4th Vice-Commander 

Brig.-General Carle A. Woodruff, U. S.A., Retired, 

Raleigh, N. C. 

Chancellor and Historian 
Dr. J. G. B. Bulloch. Washington, D. C. 

Secretary-General 
Howard P. Wright. Washington. D. C. 

Treaslirer-General 
Dr. Charles H. Bowker, Washington, D. C. 

Registrar-General 
William M, Conrad, Washington, D. C. 

Master of Ceremonies 
Henry P. Holden. Washington. D. C. 

Keeper of the Seal 
Alfred B. Dent, Washington. D. C. 

Judge Advocate-General 
Col. I.WLittell, U. S. A. 

Herald 
Cuthbert Barnwell Brown, Washington, D. C. 



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Marshal 
Captain Philip E. M. Walker, U. S. A., Retired. 

Surgeon-General 
Dr. Francis J. Woodman, Washington, D. C. 

Standard Bearer 
Lawrence Washington. 

Chaplain 
Rev. Dr. William M. Pettis, Washington, D. C. 

Vice-Deputy Commanders of States Thus Far 
Appointed 



Colorado, 

Florida, 

Georgia, 

New Hampshire, 

Virginia, 

North Carolina, 

Dist. of Columbia, 

Massachusetts, 



Lucius M. Cuthbert. 
Col. G. Noble Jones, 
C. W. King, 

Judge Edgar M. Bowker 
Dr. Ivy on G. Tyler, 
Capt. S. A. Ashe. 
James Marion Johnston, 
Captain W. L. Willey, 



Denver. 

Tallahassee. 

Rome. 

Whitefield. 

Williamsburg. 

Raleigh. 

Washington. 

Boston. 



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Ashe. Capt. S. A., 

Ball, R. Mason, 

Baylor, Maj. Eugene, 

Baylor. Armistead. 

Bowker, Judge E. M., 

Bowker, Hon. M. H., 

Bowker, Dr. Charles H.. 

Browne, George E., 

Brown. George W., 

Brown. Cuthbert B.. 

Brown. Thomas J. W., 

Bulloch. Dr. T- G. B.. 

r.ulloch. Robert H.. 

Bulloch. Douglass Eugene St. Cloud 

Bulloch William Gaston Glen. 

Carman. Dr. Louis D.. 

Chandler. P. W.. 

Conrad, William M.. 



Raleigh, N. C. 
Virginia. 
Winchester, Va. 
Winchester, Va. 
Whitefield, N. H. 
Whitefield, N. H. 
Washington, D. C. 
Boston. Mass. 
Washington, D. C. 
^^^ashington. D. C. 
Tennessee. 
Washington. D. C. 
Wilmington, N. C. 
.Washington. D. C. 
Washington. D. C. 
Washington. D. C. 
Boston, Mass. 
Washington. D. C. 



Cox, Edwin Birchard, 
Ciithbert, Dr. M. F., 
Ciithbert, Lucius M., 
Dent, Alfred B., 
Elmore, Frank H., 
Fairfax, Ethelbert, 
Gerald, Herbert P., 
Grigsby, Hart P., 
Hildreth, Dr. Walter H., 
Hill, Edwin A., 
Hitchcock. Frederick H.. 

Holcombe, A. M., 



Jrlungertord, JPhilip Uontee," 
Hunter, Tracy G., 
Johnston, James Marion, 
Jones, Col. G. Noble, 
King, Charles W., 
King, James Nephew, 
Littell,"Col. I. W., 
Lunt, Wm. Wallace, 
Muncaster, Dr. Steuart B., 
Pettis, John Baylor, 
Pettis, Rev. Dr. W. M., 
Poullain, James P., 
Rogers, Capt. Charles C, 
Sawtelle, Dr. Henry F., 
Schindel, Capt. J. F. Bayard, 
Shepherd, R. D., 
Smith, Sidney F., 
Stockton, Rear Adml. C. H., 
Tyler, Dr. Lyon G., 
Washington, Hugh V., 
Washington, Col. J. A., 
Washington, Lawrence, 
Washington, R. Wirt, 
Walker, Capt. Philip E. M., 
Willey, Capt. W. L., 
Woodman, Dr. Francis J.. 
Woodruff, Gen. Carle A., 
Wright, Gen. Marcus J., 
Wright, Howard P., 



Boston, Mass. 
Washington, D. C. 
Denver, Colo. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 

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Washington, D. C. 



"Virgima. 
Savannah, Ga. 
Washington, D. C. 
Tallahassee, Fla. 
Rome, Ga. 
Rome, Ga. 

Governors Island, N. Y. 
Boston, Mass. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Georgia. 

U. S. Navy, of Va. 
Washington, D. C. 
Fort Harrison, Mont. 
Shepherdstown, W. Va. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Williamsburg, Va. 
Macon, Ga. 
Goldsboro, N. C. 
Alexandria, Va. 
Westmoreland Co., Va. 
Winchester, Va. 
Boston. Mass. 
Washington, D. C. 
Raleigh', N. C. 
\/\^ashington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 



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This Order was founded at Mobile, Ala., in 1895, and, as 
far as I am aware, is the only one named for the illustrious 
general and statesman, George ^^''ashington. Our members 
having become separated, the Order remained in abeyance 
when an attempt was made by ]\Ir. John Eyerman. of 
Easton, Pa., and myself, to revive the Order. The 
former having a die cast for the beautiful insignia now 
adopted by us, and also some handsome invitations issued 
containing upon their face the necessar}' (|ualifications of 
admittance to the Order; but as Mr. Eyerman and myself 
were then separated by a long distance, nothing further 
transpired, and the gentleman either becoming discouraged 
or dying, nothing further was done until T became perma- 
nently settled in this city, when I determined to reorganize 
the Order, and with the assistance of certain gentlemen, we 
placed it upon a firm basis, and on May 13, 1908, formally 
instituted the Order and received a Charter for the same 
on June 11. 1908, so that we have the satisfaction of 
knowing that The Order of Washington is now firmly estab- 
lished, and as a (jualification for membershi]) requires that 
the ancestor must have arrived in America before 1750. 
have been a landowner and held some official , military or 
ministerial position in the Colonies, and had a descendant 
who aided the Colonies in attaining their independence. 
This then is an order of chivalry, composed of gentlemen 
wdiose ancestors aided in founding this great country, and 
is an hereditary order as honorable as any. for its require- 
ments are of such a nature that one must be well born ere 
he can become a member. Tt has been asserted by some 
that these orders savor of aristocracy and therefore they 
w^ould seem out of j^lace in a Republic, but what country, 
what Republic did not have her patricians? And if by the 
latter w-e mean a proud, arrogant, supercillious individual 
w^ho holds himself aloof from mankind and because he 
comes of a long line of ancestry, thinks that sufficient, then 



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we will have none such, but if, as a descendant of ancient 
lineage, he aids the poor, uplifts the fallen, and extends the 
hand of fellowship to all mankind, if he determines that our 
country shall be a land of freedom for all races of mankind, 
irrespective of religion, race, creed or nationality, where 
all in peace and happiness can live and prosper, if then this 
patrician whose hereditary traits have made him a true gen- 
tleman, and whose mind and heart is to be a beacon light to 
suffering humanity, then all may glory in the fact of an 
ancient and honorable descent. A gentleman then is one 
who is kind, gentle, courteous and refined ; one who seeks to 
gain no advantage over his fellowman. one who strives to 
uplift mankind, and aid in every way, to advance his coun- 
try to a higher plane, morally, intellectually, and religiously, 
and not one who stands idly by and does nothing but dreams 
of what his forefathers have been. It is our duty also to 
^r'ee that our records are preserved so that authentic history 
can be perpetuated, for more and more as the days go by 
am I convinced that had the ancients kept full documentary 
evidence of all events which trans])ired, that we would have 
had more lucid light and have been better able to combat 
assertions which the vicious or the prejudiced are so wont 
to use in proof of their false pretentions. And now and 
again as we gaze upon the sun as its sets behind the western 
horizon may we not pause and reflect that the grand Aryan 
race, who in every clime and under every sun have accom- 
plished great deeds, may likewise pass behind the clouds 
never to emerge again, due to the accumulation of wealth, 
excess of luxury, and all its attendant evils, such as befell 
Babylon, Rome, and other great and ancient civilizations. 
■ That this race, foremost in peace and war, foremost in the 
arts and civilization, in science and invention, ever onward 
carrying the Cross and Banner of the Prince of Peace, is 
perhaps slowlv to expire, because when we reach the pinnacle 
of intellectual greatness, to the summit of the greatest 
achievement we, either through indifference or lack of vigor, 
or some unknown cause, gather an unhealthful environment 
around us and live in luxury and ease until the vital spark 
IS slowly extinguished. So far as statistics may prove, 
doubtless we can still show an increase in population, espe- 
cially in that class of beings of inferior type, but there can 
be no doubt, for we see it all around us, that we are slowly 
dying out ; the best of our citizens, either through an over- 
intellectual development, or because the rearing of families 
is burdensome and expensive. And so we find the young 



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folks not marryin,i4', and the alread}- married with small 
families, or none, and all looking" f(jr a life of ease and for- 
getting their God, all singing "Let's Rat. Drink and be 
Merry, for Tomorrow We Die." Let us l)e w arned as were 
the Babylonians and look to the writing on the wall — 
"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" — for surely the time is now 
approaching" when the inhal)itants of the vast empire of the 
Chinese may awaken, and with their neighbor Japan, unite 
and overrun the habitable globe, and then the once great 
race of the Aryans now decrepit by a life of selfishness and 
indolence may see itself con(|uered, and the remnant ab- 
sorbed and no more of them be known in the world, aye no 
headstone to mark the spot where once the fair, the beau- 
tiful, the superb race once had its abode. 

Gentlemen of The Order of ^^'ashing"ton. let me adjure 
you always to be faithful to your country and aid her to 
rise superior to the dangers that now confront her. 

So let us then see that all history of our times is based 
upon facts so strong that none can assail nor refute, and let 
us do our part to avert this danger, and let us — each one of 
this Order as we march through life, resolve to love God 
with our minds, soul and heart, kee]) ourselves as pure as 
poor weak man can do, and love our neighbor with a true 
fraternal feeling, looking back on our great beacon lights — 
the great \\'ashington, Hamilton, the Adams', Marshall, 
Monroe, Jefferson, and later on Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Jack- 
son, Cle^•eland, and a host of others, and with their brilliancy 
behind us, go onward through the ages, fighting for right, 
justice, peace, and for one God, one Savior, and one broth- 
erhood of mankind. 

In order that Article Y of the Constitution may he clearly 
understood, the following is inserted : 

The applicant in order to become a Companion of this Order 
must descend in direct male line from an ancestor who settled 
in the Colonies prior to 1750, who held some Colonial official 
position (and has been a landowmer, or a founder of a town, 
or a minister, or has held some official, military or naval posi- 
tion in Colonial days) ; which ancestor must have had a direct 
lineal male descendant who aided the Colonies in attaining 
their Independence, and the applicant must show descent, either 
in male or female line, from this last male descendant who 
served the Colonies and aided them to become free. 



